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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:05:59 -0600

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Hi . Welcome! I'm sure some of the experts around here can answer

your question better than I.

Nice to meet you -

Barb

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> A little history: I'm 53, diagnosed Type 2 1/00 (Hba1c was 19.2) Taking

> Glucophage 3X 500 and Glipizide 1X 10 and 1X 5. I have some neuropathy in

my

> feet due to being undiagnosed for awhile. (Thought everything was old

age!)

> Plus lotsa supplements. In June, my lipids were as follows:

> Chol: 322

> Tri: 160

> LDL: 241

> HDL: 49

> VLDL: ?

> FBG: 123

>

> I began taking Lipitor at that point and stayed low carb but also went low

> fat. I know that our bodies produce 80% of our cholesterol, but went low

fat

> anyway. Duh. My latest lipids are:

>

> Chol: 273

> Tri: 133

> LDL: 201

> HDL: 45

> VLDL: 27

> FBG: 93

>

> I'm happy with my tris, HDL and VLDL, but would like to get the LDL down

> (knowing that total Chol would go down with that). Is there a trick to

this?

> Should I go higher fat? Lower fat? I don't eat butter, sour cream, bacon,

> ham, or any of the historically " nasty " stuff. What cheese I eat is yogurt

> cheese (low fat). My meats are trimmed and the only fat I use is olive

oil.

> My carbs stay at or under 12 per meal, none for breakfast due to a little

> high DP. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!